NEW YORK - The NFL put its stamp of approval on the still-smoldering outcome of the Green Bay-Seattle game:

Wrong call.

Right review.

Wrong team still wins.

Seahawks 14, Packers 12.

With frustration mounting among coaches, players and fans, the worst fear finally materialized: a mistake by a replacement official would decide the outcome of a game.

It came while the NFL and its regular officials, locked out since June, were in resumed talks in an attempt to resolve the impasse.

That was still a day late for the Packers.

The fiasco, which unfolded on the prominent stage of "Monday Night Football," was deconstructed by the league Tuesday in a way that surely rendered little comfort for Cheeseheads.

The NFL said Seattle's last-second touchdown pass should not have counted because Seahawks receiver Golden Tate should have been called for offensive pass interference, ending the game with Green Bay winning.

Instead, officials ruled it a touchdown, and penalties either way are not reviewable.

That left it to whether Tate and Green Bay safety M.D. Jennings both had possession of the ball. The officials said they did, but the Packers insisted Jennings had clear possession for a game-ending interception. The NFL agreed that the replay was inconclusive, upholding the touchdown and giving Seattle the victory.

"The NFL Officiating Department reviewed the video today and supports the decision not to overturn the on-field ruling following the instant replay review," the league said in a statement.

Saying there was no indisputable evidence, though, is not the same as confirming the initial call was correct.

Rodgers, Carroll differ a day after

Still seething about a controversial, decisive call that went against the Packers in Seattle, Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers used his weekly radio show Tuesday to dismiss the NFL's explanation for the replacement officials' decision. The MVP also questioned the league's priorities in an ongoing labor dispute with its regular officials.

Speaking on Milwaukee's 540 AM, Rodgers said the NFL's willingness to use replacement officials who aren't up to the task is a sign that the league cares more about money than it does about tarnishing the game.

Rodgers apologized to the fans, saying the NFL apparently isn't willing to do so itself.

"I just feel bad for the fans," Rodgers said on the show. "They pay good money, and the game is being tarnished by an NFL who obviously cares more about saving a little money then having the integrity of the game diminish a little bit."

On the other side of the radio dial, Seattle coach Pete Carroll saw it a different way.

Tuesday morning on 710 AM in Seattle, Carroll said he understands why there is so much outrage about the call, but he said it was right.

"They called it, and the league backed it up, and game over, we win," Carroll said.

$300 million call in bettors' world

Las Vegas oddsmakers say $300 million or more changed hands worldwide on a controversial referee call that decided Monday's game between the Packers and Seahawks.

Sports book chief Jay Kornegay said bettors at the LVH casino registered shock, some celebration, then anger when the outcome swung the game in favor of Seahawks bettors.

The Glantz-Culver line for the game opened favoring the Packers by 4½. Had the final play been ruled an interception - as many believed was the right call - Green Bay would have won by 5 points.

Gambling expert RJ Bell of Las Vegas-based Pregame.com said an estimated two-thirds of bets worldwide were on the Packers, with about $150 million more bet on Green Bay than Seattle.

"Due to one call by the replacement refs, the bettors lost $150 million, and the bookie won $150 million for a total swing of $300 million on one debatably bad call," Bell said.

Adjustments for replacement referees that were only talked about previously are now being factored into betting lines, according to Mike Colbert, head oddsmaker for Cantor Gaming.

Trick or tweets

It's not just NFL coaches, players and oddsmakers who are in an uproar about the officiating.

LeBron James tweeted he was "sick" about it, and Dirk Nowitzki said he was "not gonna watch another nfl game until real refs" return.

Even President Barack Obama got in on the conversation Tuesday, tweeting: "NFL fans on both sides of the aisle hope the refs' lockout is settled soon."

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker used his Twitter account to call for the return of the regular officials - a public show of support for locked-out unionized workers, an odd juxtaposition given his national reputation for going after public employee unions last year.